Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Paul's point man for Catholic-Jewish relations, put it, "The Holy See does not want to interfere, but...we want to reach a point at which the Holy Land can set an example for the rest of humankind, which it's definitely not doing right now. If...in spite of a painful past we can speak with one voice, it is a sign for humankind to rediscover bonds among human beings...
George Elsey, who was a young aide on Truman's great campaign trains, remembers the hard work, the sleepless nights preparing speeches and organizing the regular presidential business that continued in spite of the campaigning. Once, when he took papers to Truman, who was dining with Bess, she looked up at Elsey and said, worried, "You look peaked. Have you had anything to eat?" No, admitted Elsey, who had been just too busy for food. "Here," she said, pushing her piece of apple pie to him, "you can eat this, and I shouldn't." The Ferdinand Magellan with Harry Truman...
...hopes the controversy will spur a broader debate about intolerance in Indian democracy. "India is going through a very strange phase," she says. Das is cautiously enthusiastic that the growing influence of Western culture will loosen things, but she also says, "If I ever had to live anywhere, in spite of everything, I would live here." And she volunteers that "I'm not all for privatization. We set up a mixed economy in the constitution, and I'm sure a lot of thought went into that." It is the first time in a while that any movie star has used...
...spite of all the prizes and awards, he was a very humble person," Mrs. Weinstein said...
...Members of underrepresented groups are particularly overburdened by other demands on their time, but it is a general fact that--in spite of the rewards of being at the head of a community of 450 or so undergraduates--many Faculty who would be desirable candidates as masters simply tell us that they cannot manage any more commitments on their time," Lewis writes...